Journal profile · Surgery
Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume
ISSN 1753-1934 · eISSN 2043-6289 · SAGE Publications Ltd · ENGLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 2007
Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.05; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,150; review 4–8 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 251 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume is published by SAGE Publications Ltd and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment and Peripheral Nerve Disorders, together about 52.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume) is essential reading for everyone involved in restoring the function to the hand and upper limb. Dedicated to the needs of hand, plastic, reconstructive and orthopaedic surgeons, it publishes the best selection of … | View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Surgery
Editor-in-chief Jane McEachanPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 3%); most named United Kingdom 27, United States 6, Netherlands 4, South Africa 4, Switzerland 3 (58 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationMedicine31.9%
- Elbow and Forearm Trauma TreatmentMedicine12.7%
- Peripheral Nerve DisordersMedicine7.8%
- Congenital limb and hand anomaliesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.5%
- Bone fractures and treatmentsMedicine4.8%
- Nerve Injury and RehabilitationMedicine4.8%
- Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular TechniquesMedicine4.1%
- Dupuytren's Contracture and TreatmentsMedicine3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Orthopedics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Orthopedics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Orthopedics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.05LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.83LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.62LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54LetPub ·
- h-index
- 79OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,579OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.91OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 19%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 14.26%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 206LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,863 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 164 | 61 | 62 |
| 2025 | 251 | 90 | 410 |
| 2024 | 220 | 94 | 738 |
| 2023 | 295 | 120 | 1,565 |
| 2022 | 202 | 45 | 931 |
| 2021 | 245 | 52 | 1,911 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,150 / GBP 3,043 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- inadequate follow-up for implant studies
Article types accepted11
- case reportWe accept full length articles, review articles and short reports for peer review. Systematic Reviews should be submitted as article type 'Full length article' …Length not stated
- correspondenceWe accept full length articles, review articles and short reports for peer review. Systematic Reviews should be submitted as article type 'Full length article' …Length not stated
- full length articleWe accept full length articles, review articles and short reports for peer review.Length not stated
- letterWe accept full length articles, review articles and short reports for peer review. Systematic Reviews should be submitted as article type 'Full length article' …Length not stated
- letter to the editorWe accept full length articles, review articles and short reports for peer review. Systematic Reviews should be submitted as article type 'Full length article' …Length not stated
- letter to the editor-in-chiefLetters on a topic of special interest for publication may be submitted as article type “Letter to the Editor-in-Chief” on our online system.Length not stated
- original research articleWe accept full length articles, review articles and short reports for peer review. Systematic Reviews should be submitted as article type 'Full length article' …Length not stated
- reviewWe accept full length articles, review articles and short reports for peer review. Systematic Reviews should be submitted as article type 'Full length article' …Length not stated
- review articleWe accept full length articles, review articles and short reports for peer review. Systematic Reviews should be submitted as article type 'Full length article' …Length not stated
- short reportWe accept full length articles, review articles and short reports for peer review.Length not stated
- systematic reviewWe accept full length articles, review articles and short reports for peer review. Systematic Reviews should be submitted as article type 'Full length article' …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage. Find out if your institution is participating by visiting Open Access Agreements at Sage. Open Access agreement …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency:Double-anonymized. Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2007
- ISSN
- 1753-1934
- Electronic ISSN
- 2043-6289
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume
What CAS zone is Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Orthopedics / Surgery. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.05; CiteScore 3.1, h-index 79.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume?
Authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume?
According to the journal's author guidelines: First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume based?
Of the 58 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (27), United States (6) and Netherlands (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,150.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .